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Trelleborg expands with skirt pile gripper

Sep 18, 2017

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation is growing its portfolio of offshore floatover solutions, with a custom designed skirt pile gripper. Add to this its grout seal, diaphragm closure and grout packer products, and Trelleborg customers…

Hyperdynamics still hopeful off Guinea

Sep 18, 2017

Hyperdynamics is looking at options after finding signs of encouragement at its recently failed Fatala prospect, offshore the Republic of Guinea in Northwest Africa. Map of Guinea acreage, from Hyperdynamics…

Video: Statoil Cat J's head for Norway

Sep 18, 2017

Statoil is awaiting the arrival of two of its Cat J jackup rigs in the Norwegian North Sea, one destined for the Gullfaks field and the other for the Oseberg field. Category J drawing. Image from Statoil…

FES completes OCTP work off Ghana

Sep 18, 2017

UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has successfully delivered and supported the installation of equipment to Eni’s Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project offshore Ghana, completing a multimillion dollar deal. One of the DBSCs…

Xodus inks two Senegal ESIAs

Sep 18, 2017

Xodus Group has been awarded two environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) contracts for projects in the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) blocks in Senegal, West Africa. Xodus’ environmental…

Balmoral takes stake in ACE Winches

Sep 18, 2017

Northeast Scotland's Balmoral Group has agreed to take a 'substantial stake' in mooring and lifting firm ACE Winches for a US$13.56 million (£10 million) investment.   The two firms are to work together to 'maximize global opportunities in the offshore…

Statoil, Eni team up on Barents helicopters

Sep 18, 2017

Statoil and Eni have awarded Bristow the contract for one SAR (search and rescue) helicopter, and one transport helicopter, which can be converted to a SAR helicopter when needed. Both are Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. Each contract has…

Inpex enters Norway with Barents Sea stake

Sep 18, 2017

Japan's Inpex has made its first move into Norway by agreeing to acquire a 40% stake in PL767 in the western Barents Sea from Bayerngas Norge. Map of PL767, from Inpex. The license…

Corbin joins Sparrows

Sep 18, 2017

Sparrows Group has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Matt Corbin as its regional operations director for the UK and Europe to support the company’s continued growth in the oil and gas, renewables and industrial sectors…

Statoil to sidetrack Verbier

Sep 18, 2017

Operator Statoil has decided to side-track the Verbier exploration well in the Moray Firth of the UK North Sea, despite reaching a water bearing reservoir in the original target. Wireline log data suggested indications of the potential…

Fugro to open Houston Hydrography Center

Sep 15, 2017

Fugro has announced plans to establish a Hydrography Centre of Excellence for the Americas, supporting its strategic focus on growth in this market sector. Utilizing specialist resources that include autonomous vessels and aircraft, integrated data acquisition techniques…

Karoon still set on Brazil deals

Sep 15, 2017

Karoon Gas says it still intends to move forward with the proposed divestment deal with Petrobras for the Bauna and Tartaruga assets, and the development of Echidna. Map of Santos basin, from Karoon…

OE17: Trelleborg launches Isolast FFKM

Sep 15, 2017

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions used SPE Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition in Aberdeen as a platform to launch its latest Isolastperfluoroelastomer (FFKM) material development. Specifically engineered for the offshore industry, Isolast J9554…

Mexico approves Wood Group, Amec merger

Sep 15, 2017

Wood Group’s proposed US$2.72 billion deal to takeover Amec Foster Wheeler is closer to completion following approval from the Mexican antitrust commission today (15 September). Watson. Image from Wood Group…

2018 SPE Offshore Achievement Awards launched

Sep 15, 2017

It's time to put your company in the limelight: the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) has been launched and it looking for entries. The annual event was launched during SPE Offshore Europe 2017 in Aberdeen. The annual awards, organized…

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